Autographic register



March 22 l927.-

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NVENTOR PHIL/P JHCKSON,

AT1-o RN sys Patented Mar. 22, 192,7. i I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP ArJACKSON, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THE EGRY REGISTER COMPANY,

0F DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

AUTOGRAPHIC AREGIS'LER.A

Application led December 26, 1924. Serial No. 758,075.

My invention relates to autographio registers.

' It is the object of my invent-ion to provide an autographic register in which the several superimposed sheets of paper are aligned and fed in aligned condition to a writing table on a level with such writing table.

It is a further object tofprovide a machine so arranged with means for withdrawing the paper so delivered on a writing table with sutcient tension on the paper for that I4purpose and no more.

c It is the further object to provide a synchronous drive from a continuous movement of a. handle to actuate the paper delivery means, aligning means and withdrawing Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 's a section just inside one' of the walls of the register;

Figure 2y is an end elevation of the feeding and aligning means; l gigure 3 is a plan view of the register; an 4 Fig. -4 is a fragmentary elevation of one of. the paper withdrawing rollers-and drive means therefor.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is the base, 2 and 3 are the side walls, and 4 and5 are the'front and rear walls respectively.

The spindles 6, 7 and 8 carry the paper rolls from which arewithdrawn the sheets 9, 10 and 11 over the guide-spindles 12, 13 and 14. These guide spindles deliver the paper upon the paper guides which are a plurality of spaced fingers 15. These guides are lsupported on transverse rods l6`1n the sides of the register extending to the rear ofthe'paper feeding means over one end thereof at 17 and over the top'thereof at 18. 'The paper feeding means consists of spaced. rollers 19 and 20 frictionally engaging the paper. Countersunk Vbelow the surface of the rolls are pulley. surfaces '21 carrying belts I22 upon which there are arranged pins 23 adapted to be inserted in relatively large apertures in the paper at spaced intervals,

such apertures being those customarily used 1 in such paper .for filing-the register tickets.

These 'holes are known as file punch holes. Thus the paper is kept in engagement with the belts, rollers, and pins throughout practically the entire length of the feeding means.

The pins are arranged in pairs.

The feeding table has its rear en'd substan,

tially on a level with the top of the belt.

This feeding table has supporting arms 24 which support a downwardly extending intermediate portion 25 which curves upwardly to the main writing table l26. The usual cover plate 27 is provided.

. At the forward end of the writing table are a pair of rollers for drawing the sheets over the table,' designated 28 and 29 between which'the sheets pass. .The upper of these rollers is loosely held in a slotted bracket 30 Y gears 31 and 32. The gear 32 meshes with a train of gears 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40, the last mentioned gear being on the forward roller 19 of the paper 'delivering.mechanism.

-On the other end of the roller 28 is a gear 42 which meshes with a gear 43 which inturn is driven by a vgear 44 ywhich is actu-l ated by the handle 45,011 4the outside of the machine. This gear 42 also drives vthe upper roller through the gear 46 if desired.

The record roll is driven from the gear 32 by a train of gears 47, 48, 49 and 50, the last mentioned gear lbeing on the record roll 51. The record roll sheet 11 passesy .over the tightening spindles 52, 53 and 54. Suitable clutch Vmechanism may be provided on the record roll in the customary manner.

Returning to the driving mechanism for actuating the paper, if desired the belt may be engaged by a plurality of pins vcarried on pulley portions of the rollers 19 and 20, thus preventing the belt from slipping. It,

is also obvious that the pins 23 may be moved from place to place on the-belt so that a single machine Can be used to actuate different lengths of bills' with v different supporting a plurality of supply rolls of paper, means of assembling sheets therefrom below and substantially to the rear of a writ-r ing table, a pair of spaced friction rollers, belts carried thereon, pins carried on said belts adapted to be inserted in apertures in said paper, and paper retaining means located around' said rollers and belts between which the pins can operate for maintaining the paper in engagement with the pins and rollers, and a writing table upon which the paper can be delivered.

2. In an autographic register, a paper handling means consisting of spaced rollers for frictional engagement with paper underneath which and around which the paper is fed, means for maintaining said paper in this condition in frictional engagement with said rollers, and spaced belts countersunk.

below the peripheral surface of said rollers actuated thereby with pins on said belts disposed in pairs, one pin on one belt and the other pin on the other belt oppositely disposed.

3. In an autographic register, a paper handling means consisting of spaced rollers for frictional engagement with paper underneath which and around which the paper is a fed, means for maintaining said paper in this condition in frictional engagement with said rollers, spaced belts countersunk below the peripheral surface of said rollers actuated thereby with pins on said belts disposed in pairs, one pin on one belt and the 4other pin on the other belt oppositely disposed, and pins on the countersunk portions of the rollers engaging with apertures in the belts to prevent the slipping of the belts on the rollers.

4. In an autographic register having a handle and gearing adapted to move tickets the length thereof by a continuous stroke of a handle, gearing adapted to drive paper delivery means and paperI rejecting means synchronously, paper delivery means consisting of spaced rollers for frictional engagement with the paper sheets, means to deliver 'the paper sheets from supply rolls on the lower surface of the forward roller so that the paper is passed beneath said roller, beneath the rear roller, over the rear roller, upwardly ofof the top of the forward roller onto a writing table, a writing table, means of engaging the sheets in front of the writing tableA frictionally for withdrawing portions o`f tlre sheets from the table, and paper guiding means substantially encircling the rolls for` maintaining the paper on the rollers.`

5. In an autographic register having a handle and gearing adapted to move tickets writing table, ,a writing table, means of en-` gaging the sheets in lfront of the writing Atable frictionally for-withdrawing portions of the sheets from the table, paper guiding means substantially encircling the rolls for maintaining the paper on the rollers, and paper aligning means consisting of pins arranged in pairs on spaced belts carried by said rollers, the pins traveling between the 'means maintaining the paper on the rollers.

6. In an autographic' register having a handle and gearing adapted to move tickets the length thereof by a continuous stroke of a handle, gearing adapted to drive paper deliveryy means and paper ejecting means syn chronously, paper delivery means consisting of spaced rollers for frictionally engaging the paper sheets, means to'deliver the paper sheets from supply rolls on the lower surface of the forward roller so that the paper is passed beneath said roller, beneath the rear roller, over the rear roller, upwardly of of the top of the forward rolleronto a writing table, a writing table, means of engaging the sheets in front of the writing table frictionally for withdrawing portions of the sheets from the table, paper guiding means substantially encircling the rolls for maintaining the paper on the rollers, paper aligning means consisting of pins arranged in pairs on spaced belts carried by said rollers,the pins traveling between the means maintaining the paper on the rollers, and pins on said rollers adapted to engage with said belts to prevent their slipping on the rollers, the parts of the rollers actuating the belts being located4 .below the surface of the rollers.

7. Inv an autographic register, a paper handling means including .spaced rollers adapted to frictionally engage the paper and feed the same in a longitudinal direction, means for maintaining the paper in frictional contact with the rollers, and spaced belts arranged below the peripheral surface of the rollers and actuated thereby, and paper engaging projections carried by the belts.

8. The combination with a casing having a writing surface thereon, means for supporting a plurality of paper rolls in the casing, paper feeding means in the casing and including ,a plurality of parallel endless belts over which the paper is adapted to move insuperimposed relation and thereby fed to the writing surface, and a plurality of spaced guide fingers extending substantially around the belts to guide and hold the paper into operative engagement with the belts.

9. In an autographic register, means for supporting a plurality of supply rolls of paper, means of assembling sheets therefrom below and substantially to the rear of a writing table., paper feeding means for feeding the latter in superimposed relation onto the table, and paper guiding means.

substantially encircling the paper feeding means.

10. In combination with a casing provided with a writing surface, means for supporting within the casing a plurality of paper rolls, a pair of feed rollers journaled in the casing above the paper rolls, la plurality of horizontally arrangedU-shaped guides arranged in the casing and between the legs of which the rollers are. disposed, and adapted to guide the paper from the rolls over the rollers, and endless belts passing around the rollers, each of which being disposed between two adjacent U-shaped members, and projections on the belts adapted to engage the paper and hold the same against lateral displacement.

11. An autographic register wherein the writing sheets are fed in superimposed relation in longitudinal alignment over a writing surface, including a pair of rollers about which the writing sheets are adapted to be engaged for feeding the same unto the writing table, a plurality of resilient elements 'engaging the paper sheets arranged to cause the paper sheets to frictionally engage the rollers, and means for maintaining the sheets in alignment while engaged by the resilient elements.

In testimony whereof, I ax my signature.

PHILIP JACKSON. 

